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Sounds a little aggressive, but it's actually less aggressive than you would think because I do not wake up at 5am.

And there's a term in Korean called katsang.

I don't like that term.

I don't like it.

I actually almost very much hate it.

Hey friends, welcome to HUM on Stand A.

It is your host.

That is so awkward to say that I'm your host I'll just say it's you

and Jin guys this is

so weird I'm still not used to this okay today I have a topic

that I want to talk about

and it's about routines I feel like everybody has their own routine even

if you feel like you don't have a routine you probably do it's it's probably just like subconscious things

that you're doing

that are just ingrained in your everyday yeah today I just want to talk about the little habits

and the little rules that I live by

because that's just those are the things that make me me

and those are the things that make my life a little more interesting

so the title is my 5 a .m is better than your 5 p .m sounds a little aggressive

but it's actually less aggressive than you would think

because it sounds like I'm going to be talking about some

crazy mighty really hardcore routine with me waking up earlier being super productive before sun up

but um it's actually not

because i do not i do not wake up at 5 a .m big respect to everybody who does

but unfortunately i am not one of those people

and there's a term in korean called gatsang which is like god

and then sang life god life and you live every day like a god

but i don't okay swishin baron i don't like

that term oh my gosh

she doesn't like it i don't like it i actually almost very much hate

it living like a god god life i cannot i'm sorry

i'm sorry i can't what is a god life like i'm i'm a human

i always was to live like gods

if i'm gonna live like a god someone get me like a i don't like grapes

and whatever gods eat i think ambrosia ambrosia gods eat ambrosia

i've always been super interested in what ambrosia would taste like you know what's

that pink medicine tepto -bismol i feel like it tastes like

that anyway i like being human simple keeping things simple a quiet day

that feels true to who i am is a much more meaningful day to me than a day

that looks like like supernatural you know but nonetheless i think

that everybody has their own version of a 5 a .m routine even

if it doesn't start at 5 a .m for some people it's the middle of the night

and for others it's you know the busiest most alive part of their day

which could be at work or wherever yeah so everybody who's listening

or watching what does your own 5 a .m look like I'm sure there is something at least one thing

that you always do every day

or it doesn't even have to be every day some of the routines

that I have on here aren't daily it's just whenever

I'm feeling this type of way whenever I'm having a day off

or just whenever I remember it's just these little things that I keep with me to remember who I am.

So today, let's talk about my own 5 a .m.

I would like to share a few daily routines that help me create those kinds of days.

It's like, ugh, so simple, but it just makes me feel like the day has started.

As soon as I wake up i brush my teeth i use this one specific toothpaste it's silver

and has a green cap it's it's nice i've been using

that one for like months now because our hairstylist suggested it

and it's great and i also this is something

that i have been keeping in my life for quite a number of years

it's been like five years now almost oh no like four years

i eat greek yogurt almost every single day um

if there were 365 days

if there are there are actually 365 days in a year

i think i could eat greek yogurt about 600 times in

a year like twice a day maybe even more um how i became obsessed with greek yogurt

i think it's just i love dairy i mean i could eat ice cream every day

but it's just not nutritious and it has like no protein

so i think i opted for greek yogurt

because it has a lot of protein it just kind of stuck in my life it just stuck around

and then a nighttime routine before bed I light a candle turn off the lights

and spend some quiet time listening to music I like to just like lay down

because my candle is right next to my bed I don't know

if that's a safety hazard I love fig scented things so my candle is fig scented and my lamp

is I like to turn off like the main lights

and only turn on lanterns or lamps

so I have this paper lantern next to me

and then like a big like bubble lamps you know what I mean

I have one of those cool floor lamp yeah that's I love to end my days like

that and then I look up at my ceiling

and just think about all the things I regret in life

I'm just kidding actually I'm not kidding sometimes I do do

that but most of the time I just take in close my eyes

and take in the music in the end I think the only way to really protect your life

and take ownership over how you live is how you spend your time

I think over the years I have kind of realized

that the only thing I really have control over is how I use my time.

It's about having something that stays constant even on the days where you're falling apart

or when you're just not feeling like yourself.

And that kind of consistency is a lot more powerful than we give credit for.

So the small, you know, the daily coffee

that you get every day is probably giving you a lot more stability than you recognize

and that makes you a lot more grounded than you probably know nobody tells you to do these things

and nothing terrible happens if you skip them

but somehow for some reason you keep coming back to them without you even knowing

and I think it's those little things that quietly make life feel stronger steadier

and a little more meaningful so those are the little like the really practical everyday routines

that I keep in my life to stay grounded

but I feel like there are more routines well for me

they're a little bit different they're just like small rules

that I live by to make everyday life feel a little more special

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they kind of expand my world whenever I go to a cafe

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I try to order something new instead of my usual safe choice um a recent menu

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that I challenged challenged myself I mean it's not really a challenge

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because I really genuinely do love different flavors um

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so it's less of a challenge but something new

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that I've tried I've never had a macho americano a macho americano who would have thought I didn't

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but it was really good oh my god after meeting my friend yesterday I stopped by at a convenience store

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and picked myself up a coconut matcha americano so it's just coconut water

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and then a matcha espresso shot

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or a matcha shot it's like this is crazy these are flavors

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i never see i never thought i'd see at a korean 7 -eleven i one shot did that thing

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and another thing whenever i have a day off

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i feel like i need to be around people i love observing strangers

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because it reminds me

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that there's a whole world outside of my own sometimes I like to just go out

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and sit on a park bench in the afternoon

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and just watch the little kids that sounds crazy

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but just watching kids have fun and enjoy their childhood brings

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so much joy to me

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and it reminds me of what I was like as a kid

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and it reignites this this childlike energy that I've forgotten somewhere in my body

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and it's just really invigorating

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and like i wonder what all the moms chatting together are talking about so passionately

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if i see like office workers riding a bike in the middle of the night

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i find myself wondering why why are they out at this hour

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so don't they have to go to work at like 6

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a .m like what are they doing here at 2 a .m

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and it makes me wonder like what brought them here at this hour

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i feel like everybody has their own story

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that they're carrying being able to watch that from a distance

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and kind of have that imaginative thought process go on in my head is is very enlightening

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and makes me feel more expansive so um this is one thing

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that i wrote a kid just walked by me

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and gave me a smile sometimes we get

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so trapped in our own room

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that we forget we're living under one roof i was feeling

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so anxious this morning i genuinely thought i was going to have a panic attack

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but i got myself back together and left the house to get some fresh air

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and people watch

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that was my journal entry it's those kind of moments where I'm really thankful for these routines

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because I feel like without them I wouldn't really know what to do with myself

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and here's another thing oh I love this whenever I meet someone new there's this one question

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that I always ask

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if everything in your life were taken away what is the

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one immutable thing no one could ever take from you i feel like

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that one thing is very telling of what matters to

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that person you know it it could change wherever you are in your life

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but for me right now it's my belief in second chances

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and you can always change you can always become a better version of yourself even

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when you feel like you failed

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or you've regressed in some way there have been various answers

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but a couple

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that I remember is um like curiosity no matter what happens I think I'll always be curious about the world

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or myself or other people another was uh optimism

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which was really oh optimism that is so true

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and joking like jokes there was another one like the belief in

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that nothing lasts forever that's crazy it's like it was

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so funny too it was like what is something

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that you will carry with you forever oh the idea that nothing lasts forever

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hmm thinking thoughts kind of ironic isn't it

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but it was it was interesting so these are the little rules

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that helped me expand my world but now I want to maybe shift inward

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and talk about the small habits

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that make me grow from inside I don't think anything in life can be 100 % absolutely good

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but if i had to pick something

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that is like 99 .9 percent good for me i think

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it would be working out reading writing working out i can only gain gains from working out

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and reading any form of reading brings me something to think about oh there are

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so many books that have brought positive impacts to my life

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but recently i read

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but what is this in english um let's see let's see oh show the unbearable lightness of being

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it was a fantastic read my uh relationship with reading um reading has taught me so much

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and i feel like it's continuing to teach me

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it will continue to teach me it's like my teacher we don't really have teachers

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or mentors when we're out of school out of our the comfort of our homes

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so when we go out in society there's not a lot of things

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that can really guide us other than books

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and writing too I feel like whatever it is even

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if you're a bad writer writing is like I'm stuttering because I'm

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that serious writing can only bring you good things

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I think out of the three

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I think writing is is the most positive in in terms of bringing

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you something whenever I'm on the plane I also always like to write

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it's just something about being on the plane

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that makes me want to write I feel like there are people who can relate to

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that this was me after uh my first family trip in

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so many years to europe in 2024 the past six days have been

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so incredible i would describe this trip as one for healing and

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so many memorable moments there was a feeling of reconnection

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this break was without a doubt a much needed one i was really lost for the longest amount of time

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and i think the conscious me left within my anxious body

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was screaming at me to reconnect with my past with friends family strangers

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and nature everything was perfect even the moments of tension

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they were all needed for the last moments of relief the

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following pages will be a recollection of my past week quite possibly the best vacation of my lifetime

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so far dang

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and then i did like a whole like rundown of each

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day day one day two london to zurich third day zurich to grindelwald wow wow oh my gosh

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i can't show you because i don't know what I talked about here

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but there's a lot there's a lot of material a lot happened during

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that trip to Europe with my family

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and it was really really nice what makes it

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so interesting to write on a plane is

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that you are completely disconnected from the ground

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or just the rest of the world both physically

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and like digitally you're at an altitude

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that you can't ever be at on a daily basis

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so it just kind of forces you to do your own thing maybe you are most human

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when you're up in the sky because before all technology

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and before everything that's how we all lived you know interesting there's like a flow state definitely

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when you're up in the sky

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At least I experience it.

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I feel this need to write and sit through and sort through my thoughts.

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Sometimes it's a letter, too.

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I like to write letters to whoever I'm going to see.

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So my sister, I've written letters.

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My brother, I wrote him a letter.

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My parents, too.

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I've written members' letters on the plane.

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The most memorable letter that I have in my possession is a letter

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that my best friend from high school wrote me

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when I first decided to come back to Korea to be in this group

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she wrote something about always being there for me in the in -betweens

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it's not about being there from start to finish

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it's about having always stayed in between schedules in between the

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chaos of life in between flights where I have wi -fi

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she was always just there to talk to goof around to call whenever I'm stressed to send me things yeah

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and it just really hit home that's the power of letters

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I feel like it's it's a space where you can really express things

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and confront things where you normally can't in day -to -day conversations yeah writing letters I love

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that we should do that more I also keep a notes app

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so whenever a thought pops up in my head

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or I come across something that moves me i like to write it down um

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so i have this one memo space it just has like a bunch of random random things it's called inspo

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or just like words i really like like there's a word in korean like very light bright

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and pure and eagles do this thing called a death spiral

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when they choose their lifelong partner and i found

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that very interesting yeah whenever i come across those little ideas

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or realizations i like to jot them down well one who knows

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when i will use it or two i just like to remember what makes me me

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and also something that i also think is really fun to do is to keep a lore vault

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because i like to think of my life as one long story

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and everything that happens to me is just part of the plot good thing

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or bad you know it's just one of the little bumps in the road

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so I'm always collecting little memories a recent funny story is I went to Han River a couple weeks ago

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it was like after I got off work so it was pretty late

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and it was dark my friends

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and I were sitting on like a like a picnic mat

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and it was dark right so we couldn't see

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but we wanted to take a picture of something

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and we turn on the flash and we saw there were ants all over after

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that we packed it up and went home

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so sometimes life is prettier when it's in the dark

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and once you turn the light on it's just not as nice

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and sometimes it's better to just be a knowing to the truth that's the lesson of the day for

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that day um yeah so that's just like one of the stories i recently picked up okay

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so i love to also

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when i listen to new music i like to read the lyrics

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while i listen

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and i recently made a playlist of songs where i truly felt moved by the lyricism my playlist is called lyricism

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i mean i have a couple playlists to her let's look through the playlist oh i have a running playlist

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when did i make this what are these titles oh my gosh me on this floating rock the liability

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but alone in bed at 5 a .m the ultimate yunjin playlist these are some titles

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the recently oh my gosh this song

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this song is called the soft currents by alexandra savior i fell in love with the lyrics first listen

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and wait wait a second

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is this an ai artist wait a second oh if it is an ai artist i'm gonna actually cry

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wait a second is it no i think she might be god you can never trust these people

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wait i'm unadding wait it's wait hold on let's let's look no wait no

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it's not i'm having a crash out hold on guys oh

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no she's a real person oh my god thank you so much for being real i'm so sorry

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this is also this is a little bit different it's not something

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that i like it's not like a routine

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but more like one of the ways

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that i take care of my inner worlds

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or kind of scan myself one of the easiest ways i can tell

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that i'm not doing okay is

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when i stop listening to music there are just

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sometimes where i realize oh my god

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i haven't listened to music in quite some time you know it could be

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because I'm busy

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but a lot of the times it's oh I think I've been feeling pretty down I haven't really had

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that space in my mind to take care of my soul yeah

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that's how I guess integrated music is in my life just

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because I feel like it brings me so much comfort as well as clarity

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and just so much joy listening to music reminds me

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that on the other side of the globe there's someone who feels the same emotions

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that I feel and just the fact

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that people are out there sharing their own stories in this beautiful beautiful way is

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so inspiring and empowers me to speak my truth

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and keep my soul alive and i think that's why music is here to comfort

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and to heal and connect so

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when i kind of notice myself not listening to as much music

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or just not listening to it at all it's time for me to start looking within confront some uncomfortable emotions

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yeah so so far these things have been my day -to -day rules

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that i like to keep in my life i think these are

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so important because the more that time passes i the more i realize

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that we slowly become more

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and more of the things we choose to repeat

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it's just what do i do what do i choose to

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do every day what do i choose not to do every

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day what joys do i allow myself every day those are the things

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that comprise our identities they're not always extraordinary

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but maybe that's exactly why they sit with us for

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so long and I think that maybe that's what habits really are not something

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that makes us more impressive but something that makes us more honest

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and authentically us so what is one small habit that keeps you going

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question mark that is all for today's memo yeah now

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that i'm talking about i feel like i maybe i do kind of live like a god

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it's a little more like rich of a routine than i thought i had

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because i always think that like i'm not being interesting enough

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or i'm not working hard enough or living hard enough

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but hmm what a pleasant surprise just like me everybody watching

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or everybody listening look you know reflect on your life

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and maybe discover

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that you are actually living a very interesting very fulfilling life you probably are more than you think

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or more than you would like to admit but yeah

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that is all for today hope you guys enjoyed me yapping and going on several tangents, but see you next episode.

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Thank you.

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And hmm bye

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Thank you.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “갓생을 살라구요? 전 인간인데요!”. This video has 52 sentences and 3654 words to shadow. The speech runs for 23:32. The speaker talks at a natural 155 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 34 of its 52 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
routine noun	/ɹuˈtin/	A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure.
playlist noun	/ˈpleɪˌlɪst/	A list of recorded songs scheduled to be played on a radio station.
aggressive adjective	/əˈɡɹɛs.ɪv/	Characterized by aggression; highly combative; prone to behave in a way that involves attacking (especially if unjustly) or arguing.
habit noun	/ˈhæb.ɪt/	An action performed on a regular basis.
lamp noun	/ˈlæ̝mp/	A device that generates light, heat, or other electromagnetic radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.
yogurt noun	/ˈjɒɡ.ət/	A milk-based product stiffened by a bacterium-aided curdling process, and sometimes mixed with fruit or other flavoring.
everyday adjective	/ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/	Appropriate for ordinary use, rather than for special occasions.
comfort noun	/ˈkʌm.fət/	Contentment, ease.
remind verb	/ɹəˈmaɪnd/	To cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring to the notice or consideration (of a person).
gosh	/ɡɑːʃ/	A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm.
belief noun	/bɪˈliːf/	Mental acceptance of a claim as true.
expand verb	/ɪkˈspænd/	To change (something) from a smaller form or size to a larger one; to spread out or lay open.
lyrics noun	/ˈlɪɹ.ɪks/	The words to a song (or other vocal music).
stranger noun	/ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒɚ/	A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance.
wherever	/(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/	Regardless of the place in, at or to which.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
work out verb	/ˌwɝk ˈaʊt/	To calculate.
come across verb		To change sides; to cross over to work for the opposition.
turn off verb		To power down, to switch off, to put out of operation, to deactivate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.).
wake up verb	/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/	To stop sleeping; to awake.
fall apart verb		To disintegrate, to break into pieces.
get off verb		To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it.
go out verb		To leave, especially a building.
lie down verb		To assume a horizontal position.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

I have a running playlist?
When did I make this?
What do I choose to do every day?
What do I choose not to do every day?
What joys do I allow myself every day?

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on	i've been using · have been keeping
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	i've always been · has started · it's been
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	are just ingrained · were taken · was really lost
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	gatsang which is · people who can · one who knows

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 81 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, I've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: nonetheless /ˌnʌnðəˈlɛs/, thankful /ˈθæŋkfəl/, toothpaste /ˈtuθpeɪst/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/, anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/, flash /flæʃ/, inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
Long words — get the stress right: genuinely /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/, optimism /ˈɑptɪmɪzəm/, inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, extraordinary /ɪksˈtɹɔːrdɪn(ə)ɹi/, stability /stəˈbɪlɪti/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like routine, playlist, aggressive.

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Key vocabulary in this video

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Sentences worth repeating

Grammar in this video

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?